Just in time for Passover, and a year after it opened the Palm Beach International Film Festival, comes a rerun farcical look at seder rituals that asks the burning question on every Jewish family member's lips, When Do We Eat? Trafficking in broad caricatures and ethnic stereotypes, director/co-writer Salvador Litvak's scattershot approach to poking fun virtually assures something to amuse and offend everyone. Although he ties the film up with a spiritual message, Litvak spends most of the movie in sitcom mode. Read the full review
A tough-love dad has to cope with hosting his father who never unpacks, his wife who is intent on creating the perfect Seder, and his children who go out of their way to make the night an adventure. When one of the kids slips Dad a tab of Ecstasy, his visions turn him into a modern day Moses intent on leading this hungry group to the promised land of family forgiveness.
Director: Salvador Litvak
Starring: Ben Feldman, Michael Lerner, Mili Avital, Jack Klugman, Lesley Ann Warren
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: April 7, 2006
Rating: R for drug use, language and some sexual content.
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The Palm Beach Post: C
"... enough eccentric characters to churn up the Red Sea. There could well be an interesting intersection of all these colorful types, but (director Salvador) Litvak is content to whip them into a frenzy of yelling, screaming and wrestling at the seder table at regular intervals."
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